This was the 2nd time I've stayed at the Courtyard Ginza, for a week both stays; the first stay was in November 2006, which I also reviewed here. The hotel has changed ownership and been renovated since then. In 2006 I didn't think the hotel even needed renovation, but renovate they did and the rooms are even nicer.

This hotel is in a terrific location just a short 5 minute walk from the main street of Ginza and also 2 subway stations that will take you all over Tokyo. It's also a 10 minute walk from the JR Shimbashi Station which can get you trains anywhere in Japan. In fact, on my arrival I took the Narita Express to Tokyo Station, then walked right across the same platform to take the Yamanote Line to Shimbashi Station and walked 10 minutes to the hotel - a total of 80 minutes from Narita - sure beats the bus in rush hour which could easily take 2 hours!

The staff was excellent and the room was more than fine. I paid about $250/night including taxes for a very quiet 10th floor room. That may sound pricey, but remember this is the Ginza in Tokyo, and in that context it's not a high price.

I wanted to go to the horse races and the racetrack is away from the center and not easy to get to. The concierge, a very nice lady, spent some time trying to figure it out and her instructions were perfect. I really want to compliment her.

The only thing I would caution is the breakfast buffet, last time it was included in my package but this time it wasn't. The price is $25 and it is NOT worth that much. It's a decent buffet, but nothing special - believe me, I've had breakfast buffets that were worth $25 and more, but this is not one of them. If your breakfast isn't included in the package, I would pass.

I didn't eat at all in the hotel as the prices seemed very high even for the Ginza. I did have some drinks in the lobby bar which is a nice atmosphere.

The WiFi in the room worked fine, it isn't wireless but they provide a cable. It does cost $10/day extra though.

In summary I love this hotel and it works perfectly for me when I come to Tokyo.

Stayed here for three nights in transit to Australia. Couldn't have stayed at a nicer hotel. Staff were very helpful and polite. The efficiency was unbelieveable, messges were delivered, baggage was co-ordinated and we were very well looked after.
Hotel was also lovely and clean with a nicely decorated hotel restaurant. Ginza area of Tokyo is also very nice, a little far away to walk to other parts of the city but there is an underground station very close to the hotel. Would definitely stay here again.

Just came back from my stay at the Courtyard Tokyo Ginza. It was great! The hotel rooms are not very big but that is to be expected in Tokyo (home of the most expensive realestate in the world). Our room was clean and had everything you'd need from an in-room safe to a mini frig, to free Internet in their Business Centre. The staff were always very friendly and spoke English well enough to help us get around.
Location wise, its pretty much central to everything else in Tokyo. It is located on a main street but you can't really hear much of the traffic below. Just a few steps to the fish market (about 10-15 minutes) in one direction and another 10 minutes walk to the main shopping area in the opposite direction. It is also a short walk from their subway stations.
I highly recommend this hotel to anyone who can afford it!

I booked this hotel for a two day stay in Tokyo. I based my choice mainly on proximity to the Tsukiji market, which we planned to visit early on our first morning, and also to the main Tokyo train station, as we were proceeding onto Kyoto on our third day.

The hotel is close to a number of train stations, the closest being the Higashi-Ginza station, about three blocks away on Showa-dori, but we went to the Ginza station on our arrival as it was a single train from the main Tokyo terminal. This station is an additional 3-4 blocks, but still within easy walking distance from the hotel. We later discovered that the Shibuya Station was about the same distance away, which was convenient as Shibuya is on the JR Yamanote line, the main JR line serving most of Tokyo's neighborhoods.

The hotel, as described in other postings, is under renovation, and while we were there, two floors were being renovated and off-limits to guests. We could tell because those two floors (I don't recall what floors but they were two consecutive) had their buttons blocked off on the elevators so that you could not even press the buttons, plus we had a written notice in our room regarding the renovation. We got a room on the top floor (11), several floor above the floors being renovated, so we were not affected at all by the renovations.

I don't think we received a renovated room, as most of the furnishings did look a bit dated and some of the labels bore the logos of previous identities for this hotel. In fact, our hotel "book" still bore the Renaissance logo and most of the looseleaf pages within the book also referred to the Renaissance name.

The room was small but adequate for what we paid. The room had only a small window, which was sort of a "bay" outcropping with windows on three sides, but not much of a view. The bathroom was a western-style, with a single shower/bath. The room came with a flat-panel TV but it was rather old and small.

The Internet access was wired, but worked without a hitch.

The staff we interfaced with all spoke English, or at least understood enough of it to understand what we were asking for. They had a very good English-speaking concierge, a non-Japanese woman with a European accent.

One of the things that we did not see right away was a tower of xeroxed "cheatsheets" for many of the local attractions, as well as a current calendar of events and schedules, all written in English. We used several of these to help us figure out what to do and how to get there, though I wished that we'd discovered these before we took the long way to Tsukiji market the first morning.

Again, you're in the Ginza, though on a large but not commercially active street. You're within a couple of blocks though from the "main" streets in the Ginza, plus you have a number of useful shops and other businesses nearby, including an AM/PM and a Lawsons convenience stores within a block, as well as a Starbucks and a CitiBank ATM within several blocks, a 5 minute walk from the hotel.

We received drinks coupons for the bar in the lobby, as well as coupons for complimentary breakfasts in the buffet restaurant, Fiore, located at the rear of the lobby near the side entrance to the hotel. We had breakfast there one morning and found the food satisfactory for a quick breakfast before a full day of sightseeing. They had a full buffet of western style breakfast items, as well as some Japanese items including fresh rice and some grilled fish. We also had tea and coffee in the coffee shop in the lobby, which was also fine for what we needed.

Ultimately, I think this hotel is a very good combination of value and convenience, and will probably be even better once all of the floors and rooms have been renovated. if you're going to be making an early morning trek to the Tsukiji market, this hotel deserves serious consideration.